Azita Youssefi (Persian: آزیتا یوسفی; born January 18, 1971, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an Iranian-American experimental musician, artist and music teacher[2] based in Chicago.
In 1991, she formed the spastic noise-rock group The Scissor Girls with Sue Anne Zollinger on guitar (later replaced by Kelly Kuvo), Heather Melowic on drums, and herself on vocals and bass.
Their live performances were highly theatrical and the members often dressed in homemade costumes ranging from Catholic schoolgirl uniforms to clothes made of Bubble Wrap and duct tape.
[1] In late 1995, Azita played synthesizer for a short-lived Weasel Walter/Jim O'Rourke project Miss High-Heel.
[6] Azita recorded her first solo work, Music for Scattered Brains, to be used as a part of her college thesis project.